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Sir: -- I have the honor to submit the following report regarding my duties, performed in compliance with S.O. No. 26. Adq. Fort Stanton, N.M., February 19, 1879.I arrived at Lincoln, N.M., at 9 P.M., February 19, 1879, and immediately reported to the Sheriff of the County, George Kimball, and informed him that I had orders to assist him in preserving peace and order, and in making arrests when he was unable to do so without the assistance of the military.I found the people in the Plaza considerably frightened; they all informed me the cause was due to the meeting of the two opposite parties in their town, on which occasion a man had been killed, and they were unable to keep peace without the help of the military. I was told by several of the citizens that they had been laboring under a mistaken idea regarding the troops; that they had been told they were only partisans, and they were, in fact, afraid to come to Fort Stanton; but having found out they were mistaken, they had arrived at the conclusion that they were now needing the protection of the military, and they could not get along without it, and asked me if I would notify the Commanding Officer of the Post of their change in feeling and sentiment, and request him to come to the Plaza, and allow them an opportunity to

Sir: -- I have the honor to submit the following report regarding my duties, performed in compliance with S.O. No. 26. Adq. Fort Stanton, N.M., February 19, 1879.I arrived at Lincoln, N.M., at 9 P.M., February 19, 1879, and immediately reported to the Sheriff of the County, George Kimball, and informed him that I had orders to assist him in preserving peace and order, and in making arrests when he was unable to do so without the assistance of the military.I found the people in the Plaza considerably frightened; they all informed me the cause was due to the meeting of the two opposite parties in their town, on which occasion a man had been killed, and they were unable to keep peace without the help of the military. I was told by several of the citizens that they had been laboring under a mistaken idea regarding the troops; that they had been told they were only partisans, and they were, in fact, afraid to come to Fort Stanton; but having found out they were mistaken, they had arrived at the conclusion that they were now needing the protection of the military, and they could not get along without it, and asked me if I would notify the Commanding Officer of the Post of their change in feeling and sentiment, and request him to come to the Plaza, and allow them an opportunity to